Punctuation: Hyphen

Punctuation: Hyphen

Definition & Usage
- used to form compound words

Examples
anti-climax
happy-go-lucky
stick-in-the-mud


- to avoid awkward combination of letters

Examples

co-operate
re-entry
semi-invalid

- to form compound adjectives

Examples

a self-made man
a twenty-one-year-old girl
a five-metre-long pole

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